We raised $25,000, organised 400 volunteer hours and got the support from the whole community to resurrect it at Falls with an epic surface. Some facts that need to be clear is that the ramp was rotting away and somebody had to do something.įor sure Mikey D had his dibs on it for over THREE YEARS but nothing was happening from the Hotham camp because it meant a very big investment to move and resurface it. #Cheap mini ramp full#I sk8ed it in it's hey day and this fact alone is what stokes skaters out.! It is a truly epic mini ramp and full respect has always been given to the original lads who built it in the first place. There is no doubt this is one of the best shaped minis in the country. The point of resurrecting the Harrietville mini was to sk8 it again. Hey dudes I'm the FARKIN CONT who did the hard slog to resurrect this ramp and I appreciate the respect that is coming in for such a worthy project. SO AS YOU CAN READ, THIS HASN'T, DOESN'T, ISN'T AND WON'T GO DOWN WELL WITH THE RAMPS TRUE LOCALS AND I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, you know who you are!, YOU BETTER COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN OF HOW THAT RAMP IS GETTING ON A TRUCK AND MAKING IT BACK TO HOTHAM AND TO THE NEWLY PURCHASED BIT OF LAND OF ONE OF IT'S TRUE LOCALS.ĬAUSE IF IT DON'T THIS LETTER IS GONNA SEEM LIKE A FUCKING NURSERY RHYME! THEN HE GOES AND ASKS THE COUNCIL AND THE STONER FOR THE RAMP EVEN THOUGH HE ALREADY GOT TOLD BY ITS BUILDER "FUCK NO".AND.WELL YOU KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL IS LIKE.THEY HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS RAMP WAS TO ITS BUILDERS AND THE FRIENDS THAT WOULD SESSION IT EVERY SPRING ALL ARVO.SO THEY GAVE IT TO HIM AND THE STONER WAS TO BUSY BEING STONED TO WORRY. WELL THIS SNEAKY FUCKA, JUST WAITED TIL ALL THE SKATERS IN TOWN BUT ONE PERMANATLY STONED, USED TA BE A SKATER ( BUT GOOD GUY ). HE EVEN ASKED THE HARRIETVILLE LOCAL WHO HAD THE GREEN LIGHT TO RE-LOCATE HIS BELOVED, RAD, MANY CHERISHED MOMENTS, BUT WITH HIS OWN BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS IF HE COULD TAKE IT.FUCK NO.HE SAID DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, ITS OURS WE BUILT IT AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT WHEN WE FIND A SPOT TO MOVE IT.FUCK NO! WELL ANYWAY THIS DUDE WANTED TO TAKE THE "HARRIETVILLE" RAMP OVER TO FALLS CREEK. THEN.ALONG CAME THIS SO CALLED "CORE" DUDE, SPOSE TO BE ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND SHIT, ALWAYS PREACHING BOUT THE WAY OF THE"CORE", STICKING TOGETHER, COMMUNES OF "CORE" RIDERS AND ALL THAT SORT OF SHIT ONE OF THE SKATERS WHO BUILT IT OFFERED TO TAKE IT OFF THE COUNCIL LAND AND RE-LOCATE IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE COUNCIL GAVE HIM THE GREEN LIGHT AND SAID HE COULD HAVE IT, WHILE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE MOVE, FINDING THE LAND, DISMANTLING, RE-LO.ETC. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE BULLSHIT AS THE RAMP STAYED IN THE SAME SPOT FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS WITH A BUNK SURFACE AND UN-SKATEABLE. THE COUNCIL THEN TURNED AROUND AND SAID THEY WOULD RE-LOCATE THE RAMP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE ONLY REASON THE RAMP GOT TAKEN AWAY WAS BECAUSE OF A RED HAIRED MOLE WHO LIVED DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE RAMP COMPLAINED ABOUT IT BEING TO NOISY, EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY GOT SKATED AT TOTALLY REASONABLE TIMES DURING THE DAY ( AND PRETTY MUCH ONLY DURING THE SNOW SEASON MONTHS 0 AND HER KIDS FANGED AROUND MAKING NOISE ON THEIR DIRT BIKES ALL DAY IN THE SAME AREA! THE LOCAL SKATERS ( ALL 4 OF THEM ) FUND RAISED $1,400, HAND PICKED THE MATERIALS AND BUILT THE RAMP WITH THE HELP OF THEIR DADS AND A FEW MT HOTHAM CREW. DAMN STRAIGHT ITS A FUCKN SHAME IT LEFT THE 'VILLE.
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